Preparation of solar selective absorbing coatings by magnetron sputtering from a single stainless steel target

Developments in the synthesis of flat plate solar selective absorber materials via sol–gel methods: A review

“…Some well-known examples include electroplated black chrome (Cr-Cr 2 O 3 ) and nickel-pigmented anodic Al 2 O 3 (synthesized via the electroplating/electrochemical method) as well as evaporated titanium nitride film (TiNO x ) and nickel-nickel oxide (Ni-NiO x ) (synthesized via a vacuum deposition/sputtering method) [9,22,[28][29][30][31][32][33].…”

The novel preparation method of high-performance thermochromic vanadium dioxide thin films by thermal oxidation of vanadium-stainless steel co-sputtered films

“…The benefit of using SS as the cosputtering target is that Fe, Cr, and Ni elements are stable when they coexist as an alloy. Thus, the surface of the SS target could remain chemically stable even when exposed in the glow discharge regimes, which minimized the occurrence of target poisoning [30]. Target poisoning, accompanied with unstable operation due to the hysteresis of reactive gas partial pressure, usually results in reduction of sputter yield and low deposition rate [31].…”

Optical Properties of Multi-layer TiNO/AlCrNO/Al Cermet Films Using DC Magnetron Sputtering

“…A typical double-cermet layer of a film extends from the surface to a substrate, depicting a figure described as follows: an anti-reflection layer enhances solar absorption; an absorbing layer is composed of two homogenous cermet layers: a low-metal-volume fraction (LMVF) cermet layer on high-metal-volume fraction (HMVF) cermet layer; and a metallic infrared reflector layer that reduce emittance from the substrate [4][5][6].…”